Chilhowie vs Sugar Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Chilhowie and Sugar Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Chilhowie and Sugar Grove are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chilhowie has the higher population (2,462 vs 598 in Sugar Grove). Chilhowie has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $45,357 in Sugar Grove). Chilhowie has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $57,200 in Sugar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
Population	2,462	598
Median age	47.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$45,357
Median home value	$158,600	$57,200
Median gross rent	$799	$919
Housing units	951	360
Homeownership rate	60.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
Population	2,101 → 2,462 (+17.2%)	899 → 598 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$46,964 → $53,250 (+13.4%)	$65,281 → $45,357 (-30.5%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $158,600 (+7.7%)	$69,800 → $57,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $799 (+15.0%)	$496 → $919 (+85.3%)

Chilhowie

Population

2,1012,462

Median household income

$46,964$53,250

Median home value

$147,300$158,600

Median gross rent

$695$799

Sugar Grove

Population

899598

Median household income

$65,281$45,357

Median home value

$69,800$57,200

Median gross rent

$496$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
Under 5	3.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	19.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	0.7%
75 and over	9.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
No high school diploma	11.8%	21.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
Drove alone	79.5%	62.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	25.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
1-unit, detached	73.3%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Chilhowie	Sugar Grove
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1972	1983